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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-19
RELICS OF THE REAPING.
THE BURNED MAYNARD PROPERTY
AS IT APPEARED YESTERDAY.
Two Piles OF Cotton Still Furnishing
Material for the Flames, Which Are
Fought by Single Stream of Water
NO Danger OF Spreading.

A survey Of the burned district, the re-
suit OF Thursday nights frightiul vista
ton Of fire, is enough 10 give one the
horrors, when the loss eniailcd is also kept
In mind For space oil 200 yards in
,lcngth and fifty or sixty in width, there is
mot an object preserved OF the former
greatness OF congresses Nos. and 3.
True, the dividing bricl; wall between the
two presses remains standing, but IN 4
bare and scorched condition. Then, too,
press No. is still in an upright position,
the two massive iron arms for raising aud
lowering the press being about the only
support. Alongside this wrecked machin-
cry are ragged sections OF the small square
brick wallis which formerly surrounded
the heavy boilers and engines
The surface OF the Garth 80 lately hidden
by this institution is literally covered with
cotton ties. Waiter pipes that supplied
the sheds with water remain IN ~ partially
good condition, and from these constant
streams OF water flow. Underneath the
fall is u small heap oil compressed bales, in
q better state Of preservation for the soak
ING received. The fires stll burning are
1Illllltudlcly surrounding Nut wv l'l'0NN''
d. though justwhy this is 80 cannot wei! he
explained. Cotton elsewhere in the ruins,
save under the water-pipcs referred to, has
been completely destroyed. No efforts are
being made to suppress the flames IN No.
shed, because oil an utter absence OF any
danger OF spreading. In the other, how
ever, constant stream OF water Is being
thrown, pumped 10y tho only remaining
fire engine now on duty, tho stream being
directed by negroes supplied 10y the com
press company. At thai place the pile al
cotton is much larger than people who saw
the monster contagiatiOu would suppose
and much Of il will be saved in a condition
suitable for use in common articles, ol
padding for mattresses, and such like.
The railroad tracks next to the bunin,
sheds wCrGdcstroyod nearly the entire dis
lance, and workmen were busy yesterday
rclaying it. Run close together, 50 ms e
concentrate and get them out ol the way
were large numbers OF car wheels, ever
particle Of wood in the shape oil irm,
work being destroyed by the fire. Ihos,
wheels. therefor, were the only remaining
vestigcs Of what eighteen hours prcyiou
were a line LOT OF freight cars and flats.
But business progressed ms usual Whcr
facilities were unhindercd. In compress
No. |, bales were reduced in size abuu
one-hali or less ut the rate Of thirty or ioT
ty per hour. Those engaged in the opera
tion seemed 10 have entirely forgotten tia
onc-hai the navy yard institution VIZ
cfIectualy silcnccd for this season, an
never once cast their ewes in the dircciio
oil the wreck 10 note its appearance.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-19
$500.

win dress you mp In our Pine wor.,ed Cas-.
simcro Dress suits. In froch and cuinwnJ
styles, nj the OAk NALL.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-19
10 Residence lots In Hayburn nvsnu" sub
division, only three blocks FROM street
railroads wllI .eii 90 month";, payments
houses built " desired.
10 Acres Hrnr Iimwood Cemetery splendid
property for subdi,isioni sold n' = bar
gain.

o Twenty Acre Tnei., two miles from cit,
on Poplar street, n~nr insi ind Dummy
line, excellent nelghborhoodi sold on
oasy terms al ,ery low prices.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-19

nSSoWHTEE IN ne United States onn such
iruisfty ic BOUGHT. naf ulh ct, rs Mcmrhis
iur .r,crl time. thi, rroc 40 Iariic' Who will
BUILD HE-lpENCts
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-07-01
Ted ly's Interpretation.

The golden text for a certain Sunday
school was: "Aud the child grew and
saxed strong in spirit. Luke ill.,, 40.
The Christian Register says: Little
Ted's arm went up like a flash when the
superintendent asked: "Can any of these
bright, smiling little boys or girls repeat
the golden text for to-dayG Ahl how
glad it makes my heart TO see so many
little hands 20 upl Teddy, my boy,
you may repeat it; and speak good and
lou that all may hear" And they all
heanl this: And the chiI grew and
waxed strone in spirit like 2:4O."
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Prices in The Old DAYS.

B. Gedncy, Of White Pains, N Y,
who was born in 1S0t tells what farmers
had to pay for farming utensils before
the war Of 1912 and what they were
paid for their proluce, lie said:
"Wheat in 1912 brought seventy five
cents a bushel. Now it is ninety cents,
lower than it has been since 1912 Beef
brought S. hundred; now it brings
$40 Pork brought $3 50 to 81; now it
is worth 81. Butter was worth Ten cents
a pound, now it is worth fifteen cents.
Cheese was worth six cents Ordinary
dress muslin used to cost three shiljings
and sixpence yard-eighty-seven cents
now it costs ten cents. Calico cost
fifty and seventy Eve cents yard. Pins
cost three shillings and sixpence paper
-eighty-scvcn ccnts-now they cost six
cents. For an English spade we used to
send three bushels Of wheat to market
which brought ST. We can get better
ono now for fifty cents. A scytho cost
50, now a better one can be had for fifty
cents. Nails were twenty-five cents a
pound, they cost now only ght cents. A
cradling scytho used to cost So 80.
Wages were then fifty cents day, .
$40 a. month for eight months. Now
we pay $15 and $50 a month"
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How 10 Catch Fish.

The Rochester Dem0crat has the fol-
lowing from Seth Green
''In the first place, when 1 go fishing,
60 fishing. ] don't hear the babble
Of the brook / don't see the 6uttering
bird, nor the silvery leaves, nor the
beautiful sky. Neither do / fish any
body else's line. / fish my own, and /
don't watch my companion, IL | have
one, to set when hc gets bite or not.
j am attending TO my own business, and
looking for a good place to cast. / am
looking for the fly that IS on the water,
and 10 see if there is q rise. If / sec
one, no matter if it IS ten rods away, /
mark the place, and make for it, don't
uln, but go quietly along, and keep fish
ing, and when get within casting dis
tance ! drop my fly little short, and if
j don't get rise, the next cast is made
exactly ON the spot where the hy lit.
Ny fly does not 90 with thud us though
] wanted to hit the bulls-eye, but it
touches the water as lightly as fond
mothers hand touches the brow of a
lovely, coaxing child that She loves bet
ter than eau find words to express. /
am Just as sure of rise, too, as the fond
mother is that the child will roll its
loving eyes up to III face with an ex-
preston which says to her, Il am yours.
! feel when my fly drops SO gently on
the water that it does not malea ripple,
chat the fish is mine. That is the secret
Of fishing" "
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her so strange, and Oscars eyes seemed
riyeted upon her.
How did you know about the secret
drawcr| Reuben asked, abruptly.
Secret drawcr1 Sara repeated with
a genuinely mystifed lock.
"You were in some kind Of trance, /
think" Mrs. Hill said.
81 thought you were in a ft," said
Addie.
"And I thought you were going
crazy" laughed Lottie, now that her
fear was gone.
Mrs. Hill explained about the decd.
Sara listened, then said deliberately:
81 never told you how came to leave
my place. ! thought you might think
it was silly. 1t was all on account of
dream had"
The group were listening breathlcssly.
81 saw this house with the long piazza
and green blinds" she went on. ''the
big barn, with the great doors open, the
bee hives, your faces, every hing just as
plain in my dream as l saw them when |
came that day. thought l was to come
here to help some one. Ididn't under
stand what it meant, but awoke with
the feeling that l must come, whether |
wanted 10 or not. had seen the long,
dusty road stretching ahead of me, and
the house and barn on the hill. When
l got there l was half frightened, but
you all seemed as if you had been ex-
pecting me, You made me feel at
home"
Strange" said Mrs. Hill, with a sort
of awe in her voice.
"Aunt Samantha would explain it."
said Lottie. "sho's been going to
scances at the corner lately"
From the day that the deed was found
Oscar began to show open preference for
Sara.
1t was not until she became his wife
and they were living quietly in the little
house on the Red Brook farm that she
confessed to having seen his face in her
dream the plainest of all, and that
she had been told that she was to marry
him.
Reuben Hill is not quite such hard
headed skcptic as formerly. lie has to
admit that there may be stranger things
IN the universe than his philosophy has
dreamed of.
We give the facts, as they came
under cur notice, without pretending
to account for them. New York Mer-
curry.
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The Writing Of Modern Hymns.

Know that man7 It's William II.
Doane, and he makes $50, 600 year
writing hymns, or rather that's the roy
atty he gets. He is engaged with Fay
& Co., but in his leisure moments he
hunts around and finds touching bit Of
poetry and he works it into hymn.
Oh, it's paying business; beats any
kind Of writing ever heard of, but it's
not everybody that can catch on to that
sort OF a style. It's harder than writing
variety songs or even Ledger stories or
detective yarns of blood and thunder
romanccs. You see, a man must have
some of the divine aft ltus mixed with
good deal of piety in order to be sue
cess as hymnologist. He lives in a
fine residence on Mount Auburn and
some time ago he had falling out with
John Notwithstanding about a
boundary line. They got the matter in
courts, when Mitchell said he d fix him, so
he erected long rowof three story bricks
right adjoining. He SAID he was going
to put up a hundred, but he only got as
far as seventy. Il Cincinnati Inquirer.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-07-01


When Emerson said Hitch your
wagon to star, he meant, of course,
that the wheels of the wagon should
roll on earth, but that the forces which
pulled it along should be higher and
nobler than mere worldliness. 1t was
good thought ezcellently expressed, and
when carried out it leads to success.
There are some people, however, who in
their efforts to hitch their wagon to
stars, elevate themselves on the wagon
poles until theg reach convenient clouds,
upon which they crawl and spend the
rest of their lives midway between
heaven and earth. A man who passes
away his life in this suspended condi-
tion is very curious character He is
just high enough up to look down with
a cold, aristocratic condescension on the
rest of mankind, and h. is just low
enough down for mankind to see that he
is only an ordinary member Of the hu-
man race. It is not very graceful
position, and the people are generally
disposed to crticisc the man occupying
it; but the suspended genius, propped
up by his iuordinate vanity, and blinded
by the hazincss of his surroundings, sees
only himself, an1 imagines, like Alcxan-
der Selkirk, he is monarch of all he sur
vcys. All tie time the people below
laugh at his antics, and the angels
above. doubtless, weep.
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HUMOROUS.
A fat failurc-A poor pancake.

A fat failurc-A poor pancake.
Food for rehection-The good dinner
that you missed
Motto Of the massage doctor-I knead
thee every hour
The honey bee is a regular merchant.
1t cells combs for living.
A rich girl may be homely, but she
will never know it by hcarsay.
Ahen is a very superior creature, but
she never could lay cornerstone.
Mcxico's liabilities are $l5l, O20, 900;
assets, earthquakes and revolutions.
The flower known rs the bachelors
button must be one that does not stay
on long.
The oyster is like a man in one re-
spect. lie is of little use until you get
him out of his bed.
In French agricultural school: "Tell
me, pray you, how to keep mutton
fresh." 'By never killing the sheep"
In Washington last week a prisoner
passed off a counterfeit dollar on po-
lice magistrate in payment Of the fine
imposed. lie knew that justice was
blind.
Some Florence ladies have given the
Queen of Italy an $500 fan. 1t is very
beautiful, but when Margarita wishes
genuine comfort she uses two cent
palm leaf.
'fMy dear" said her lover, ~ am fired
with an ambition to win your hand.
May ! consult your fatherq' Yes" she
softly murmured. An hour later he was
fred again.
The other day town crier took in
charge lost child and proceeded to
hunt up its parents. On being asked by
a lady what the matter was he replied;
"Herc's an orphan child, madam, ara
Pm trying to find its parents"
Jack backward in his grammar
'Papa, what part of speech is woman"
Papa (fresh from a verbal engagemen+
with mamma, in which, Of course, h.
has been badly worsted)-"She isn't
any part of speech at all, Jack; she
the whole of it,"
She pmr in one hand, dog in the
otheD-"Yes, L lward, we've got every
thing, believc-but where's the baby|
He "Why, gave it to you" She
81 know; and gave it back to you"
Ho-"WcI, by jinksl if ] haven't gone
and left it in the parIor cart
One Of the rules of a bicycle club
reads: "a horse h5uld never be passed
on both sides at once" We suspect that
when a bicyclist attempts to pass on both
sides of a horse lat once" he IS expelled
from the club. lie would certainly be
dismissed from temperance organz1-
tion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-07-01

Household ornamontation, in its de-
signs, its meetings. and effects, follows
closer on natuc models than anything
else know Q, says l.. RouarI in the
Globe-Democat. The most modern
designs in arasene and other ornamental
fabrics are wgy lines. Nature seldom
if ever NADIA straight line. Take for
instance the uman countenancc-it is a
good model or guide; taking the nose
as a center, te eyes should be the same
size and cqulIy apart, the forehead,
the hair, andower portions of the face
all should bcequally proportioned from
that ccnter,or, as the head is higher
than the shclders, SO the center Of an
article of fuaiturc should be the taliest
point, and te decorations arranged as
near as possible to the above proportions
in the matte Of balance. B ending of
colors, too, important in the selection
of decoratioa, and the nearer We go to
nature in ths also have We the most de-
sirable and cmmendable selection. The
more ! have investigated the more am
convinced tat nature gave US modes
which can MT be improved.
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A Snnidge.


'Among circus and theatrical people
an admission tickets called a 'squidge,
said man at Forepauehs circus last
week to Chicago Herald reporter.
"The origin Of this expression goes back
many years Along in the COS a negro
boy applied for admission at a circus in.
one Of the southern towns. IL had
neither money nor tickets. The door
tender stopped the lad at the entrance
and told him that he could not get into
the tent unless he had money or its equiv
alent. The poor boy ran crying to his
parents who asked him why he was not
at the circus. With a sob and a face
wet with tears the lad blurted out that
he couldn't get in until he got some
money or 'squ'dgulum.' The man at
tent door was very much amused when
the boys tale was told to him, and ever
after that a ticket has been known among
the boys as tquidge, or 'squidgu-
mm'o
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The Ruby zines of Burmah.

Though nearlyUery work on precious
stones contains s5ne mention Of the ia
nous mines Of Psgu in Blrmah. but
very little has ben actually known coa-
cerning either ths location or the yield
Of the mines. pgcnis Of their won-
derful riches wee tod by travellers in
the East as ears as the sixteenth cen
tury, but NJ. Taprnicr who travelled in
the Orient abou 1900, was the first to
give any trustvGthy information con.
cerning the mina lie did not see them,
but gives his dcription from hearsay.
He locates the mines in mountain,
twelve days josrney from S.rsn- the
modern siriaui-and says the country is
one Of the poorei in the world. pro luc-
ing nothing but rubies, and these in
quantities not csceeding 100 coo crowns
per annum in vauc. Father G i3cppi d
Amatgo, in 1882 actually VISITED the
mines. In his account he places them
seventy milos natheast Of Maudalay.
The 'gem gravel" he says, is reached
by pits from twenty to thirty feet in
depth, but is not yet very ex-
tcnsivcly worked because of the
influx of water, and the
imperfect methods Of mining used.
From this account and that of NJ. Bredc-
meyer, who in 1868 spent some tine at
other mines in the sagy in hills, about
sixteen miles from Mandalay, all that is
actually known of the Burmah ruby
mines is derived. The gems lie in a
valley, about hundred miles square,
surrounded by nine mountains. They
are found at varying depths some
quite near the surface, others twenty
feet down. The natives can not dig
much deeper for them, because they do
not know how TO keep the water out of
the mines. Sapphircs, topazes and
emeralds are also found in the mines.
The majority Of the rubies found are less
than onc.fourth of carat in weight,
and the larger ones are ge1erally hawcd.
Sapphires, though relatively rare, are
generally of larger size. The revenue
from the mines constitutes a royal
monopoly, and amounted, thirty years
ago, to from s65 900 to $75 900 per
annum. Considering the difficulty of
carrying on the mining work, the cost
of securing the conveniencos Of life in
those remote Districts, and, more than
all, the unheat athiness of the locality
this return is not small. The British
Government hps leased the mines for a
term Of years ID a firm of wholesale jew
elers in London.--TInter- Ocean.
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IdlYette,s land.

There hav been numerou, inquiries Of
late as to whether Lafayette ac-
cepted tovnship Of land rendered him
by the Unisl States government, and
if he did accept it, where is the land
located Tese inquiries have brought
ont a srateusnt of one who was deputy
surveyor in florida, who says that after
completing he survey in 1925 he re-
turned to tallahassee, where he met
col Mckee. who had been sent there as
the agent of5en. L1fayette, then on a
visit IN the United States. Col. Mckee
was commissioned to select the PR ffsred
township, aia ne chose one adjoining
and northwst from Tallahassee. 1t is
presumed tbt the land has long since
been sold d
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NO. A.



As 4 desolate bird that through darkness its
lost way is wingng
As a hand that is helplessly raised when
De this sickle is swinging,
SO is lfel Aye, the life that lends passion
and breath to my sing ng.
As a nightingale's song that is full Of sweet
ness unspokan,
As spirit unbarriug the gates of the skies
for token,
So is Lowell Aye, the love that shall fall when
his pinion is broken.
As the tramp Of the legions when trump3ts
their challenge are sending,
AS the shout of the storm,god when light
nings the black sky are rendng,
So is powerl Aye the power that shall lie
in the dust at its ending
So short is our life; yet with space for all
things to fersake US,
A bitter deluson, dream from which
naught can awake Us,
Till Deaths doggng footsteps at morn or at
eve shall o'ertake US
III Rider Haggard.
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A Sympathetic Cow.

A Newtoaian was picking apples on
Monday, when an old COW ran up to him
and then away, acting very strangely.
Knowing her to be an unusually intelli-
gent COW, he suspected that something
must be the matter and followed her.
She led him to COW in another part of
the orchard that was nearly choked to
death with an apple. After he had re-
lieved her the old cow fairly cried for
joy and licked the sufTe.er profusely, and
when the latter was driven into the
barnyard where she would be out of dan
ger refused to leave her - New Orleans
Picayunc.
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PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND JULY /, 1887.


Why should it bs that the misty past
Or the futureyet un cen,
Is dearer far 10 the heart, alasl
II al the present which lies betwesnl
With every Pulse Of the hearts red flow
Is woven dream and a sigh,
For the happy days Of the long ago,
AMI the glad sweet by and by.
There is a wisdom in natures way
Which the doubling heart ne'er knows;
We live the best Of our lives each day,
From dawn TO their sunlt close;
For the bliss we tasted at youthful springs
And the joys which are to be,
Are brought each day on the gracious wings
or Hope and Memory.
nixon Waterman in the Current.
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love and Dinner.

George Sampson was firmly resolved
to know his fate that very night. Miss
Clara, he began tendcrly, you are not
quite your usual self this evening.
"No, Mr.. Sampson the girl replied,
- am suffering from acute indigestion. y
50 he postponed knowing his fate un-
I'll more favorable opportunity.-Ne,o
york SIN.
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COnsoling.

Collector. Il am losing a great deal
of time trying to collect this bill from
you"
Debtor. 'Don't worry about losing
time. Pm going to pay you in time. -
Ieiltings.
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Ayers Sarsapariila

has had In his case. l think his blood must
have contained the humOr for at least ten
years; but it did not show, except in the form
of scrofulous sore on the wrist until about
i've years ago. From a few spots which ap-
peared at that time, it gradually spread so az
to cover his entire body. 1 assure yoG he was
terribly afflicted, and an object of pity, 1hen
ne began using your medicine. Now, there srs
few men Of his age who enjoy as good health
as he has. could easily name fifty persons
who would testify to the facts in his case
Yours truly, w. NJ. Phillips"
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Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Six months ago was completely covered with
terrible humor and scrofulous sores. Thq
humor caused an incessant and iLtolerablo
itching, and tie skin cracked so as to cause
the blood to flow in many places whenever
/ moved. My sutferings were great, and NV
life burden. 1 commenced the use Of tha
SARsAPARILLA in April last, and have used
1t regularly since that time. My condition
began TO improve at once. The sores have
all healed, and feel perfectly well in every
respect - being now able to do good DAVIS
work, although 7S years Of age. Many INQUIRE
what has wrought such a cure in nv case. and
| tell them, as have here tried to tell YOU.
AYERS SARsAPARILLA. Glover, VT, Oct.
Il, 1882. Yours gratefully.
HIRAM PHILLIPS"
AYERS SARsAPARILLA cures Scrofula
and all ScrofuIOus Complaints, ErysIp-
elias, Eczema, Ringworm, Blotches.
Sores, Boils, Tumors, and Eruptions of
the Skin. 1t clears the blood of all impu.
rites, aids digestion, stimulates the action of
the bowels, and thus restores vitality and
strengthens the whole system.
PREPARED BY
Dr.J. &C. Aver &Co. /, Lowell, Mass.
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